Do you get a lot of work done using Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides from your smartphone? Probably not, but it's pretty easy to keep tabs on other people being productive using those three apps. That's the idea behind one of the latest changes to hit Google's office suite.

What's New?

In the latest version of Docs, Sheets, and Slides, you now have the option to approve or reject changes that other people make to your documents. If you share a file with someone and give them "can comment" access, Google says any changes they make will pop up in the app for your to accept, reject, or comment on.

That's the primary change, but it's not all. In Sheets, you can now move, resize, and delete charts. In Slides, you can reorder objects to the front or back. PowerPoint presentations should also open and scroll at a quicker pace.

If you notice anything else, you know what to do.

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Each APK is signed by Google and upgrades your existing app. The cryptographic signature guarantees that the file is safe to install and was not tampered with in any way. Rather than wait for Google to push this download to your devices, which can take days, download and install it just like any other APK.

Yes, it works on in Windows, Mac and Chromebook, but not in Android!? Embedding images is not exactly rocket science, not sure why would Google not implement it in it's own OS. Especially as people these days use their phone camera, so it makes lot of sense to be able to embed on the phone/tablet, instead of having to upload picture to drive, then log on to a different device and do it there!

BC

Well, it is silly that you can't embed images from tablets, embedding an image works in the browser or on a Chromebook...It is a super handy feature that should be easy to implement for different versions like for the Phone or Tablet.

Not everyone wants to pay up to $5 just for viewing or proofing their documents on the go. So yes, a LOT of people use Docs, Sheets, Slides on an ad-hoc basis, if not regularly.

BC

I use Google Docs everyday mainly for personal use, I find it handy when I do share my work with other people because we can collaborate on projects. Suggest edits to words, sentences, or whole paragraphs is a very useful feature. Also commenting on specific parts of the doc is useful because that feedback can be used to improve the quality of the document.

sd

Not if they do actual work.

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Google needs to beef up docs. Since Microsoft is going to the cloud Google needs to kick it. Even Libreoffice office is going to the cloud. Libreoffice is more of a Microsoft killer than docs.

Paul Troy

I've tried Google docs, but doesn't play nicely with MS office. Been using Polaris office. Syncs with all my devices and the auto collection of docs from my Google "inbox", is fabulous.